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Office Provost Marshal & Asst. Supt B.R.F.& A.L.
Prince Edward Cumberland & Buckingham
Farmville Va Sept. 6th 1866
Maj. J.R. Stone
Supt 2nd District
Petersburg Va
Maj:
In obedience to instructions contained in Par VI Circular No 10, from B.R.F. & A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Com'r State of Va. Richmond Va March 12 1866, I have the honor to enclose herewith a statement of all the "Criminal Cases" (in which colored persons were parties) tried in the "Civil Courts of Prince Edward Co. Va" during the month of August 1866.
I have attended the trials alluded to, and am of the opinion that the interests of the Freedmen have not suffered by the transfer of the cases named from the Freedmen's